Parents' Use of Praise and Criticism in a Sample of Young Children Seeking Mental Health Services

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• 作者：Stephanie Swenson ; BSN ; RN ; ^{stephswenson@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}Author Vitae ; Grace W.K. Ho ; PhD ; RNAuthor Vitae ; Chakra Budhathoki ; PhDAuthor Vitae ; Harolyn M.E. Belcher ; MD ; MHSAuthor Vitae ; Sharon Tucker ; PhD ; RN ; FAANAuthor Vitae ; Kellie MillerAuthor Vitae ; Deborah Gross ; DNSc ; RN ; FAANAuthor Vitae
• 关键词：Parenting ; young children ; praise ; critical statements ; parent self-report
• 刊名：Journal of Pediatric Health Care
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：January-February 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：30
• 期：1
• 页码：49-56
• 全文大小：170 K

文摘

Parents' use of praise and criticism are common indicators of parent-child interaction quality and are intervention targets for mental health treatment. Clinicians and researchers often rely on parents' self-reports of parenting behavior, although studies about the correlation of parents' self-reports and actual behavior are rare. We examined the concordance between parents' self-reports of praise and criticism of their children and observed use of these behaviors during a brief parent-child play session. Parent self-report and observational data were collected from 128 parent-child dyads referred for child mental health treatment. Most parents reported praising their children often and criticizing their children rarely. However, parents were observed to criticize their children nearly three times more often than they praised them. Self-reported and observed praise were positively correlated (r_s = 0.32, p < .01), whereas self-reported and observed criticisms were negatively correlated (r_s = −0.21, p < .05). Parents' tendencies to overestimate their use of praise and underestimate their use of criticism are discussed.